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The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The drought was ended and the "curse" reversed in 2004, when the team won their sixth World Series championship. [3] Championships in 2007 and 2013 followed. Every home game from May 15, 2003, through April 10, 2013, was sold out—a span of 820 games over nearly ten years. [ 4 ]
Luis Tiant won games 1 and 4 of the World Series but after five games, the Red Sox trailed the series 3 games to 2. Game 6 at Fenway Park is considered among the greatest games in postseason history. Down 6–3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Red Sox pinch hitter Bernie Carbo hit a three-run homer into the center field bleachers off Reds ...
Among all Red Sox managers, Joe Cronin managed the most regular season games (2,007) and registered the most regular season wins (1,071), [4] while Terry Francona managed the most playoff games (45) and registered the most playoff wins (28). [5] The most World Series championships won by a Red Sox manager is two, accomplished by Bill Carrigan ...
2007 Boston Red Sox season; 2008 Philadelphia Phillies season; 2009 New York Yankees season; 2010 San Francisco Giants season; 2011 St. Louis Cardinals season; 2012 San Francisco Giants season; 2013 Boston Red Sox season; 2014 San Francisco Giants season; 2015 Kansas City Royals season; 2016 Chicago Cubs season; 2017 Houston Astros season; 2018 ...
Diehard Boston fans are all too familiar with the "Curse of the Bambino," an 86-year drought during which the Red Sox tried and failed to win the World Series between 1918 and 2004. The team came ...
But in the 8th inning the Red Sox won 11–9, marked by Mark Bellhorn's game-winning home run off Pesky's Pole. It was the highest scoring World Series opening game ever (breaking the previous record set in 1932). The Red Sox would go on to win Game 2 in Boston thanks to another great performance by the bloody-socked Curt Schilling.
The list of excuses for the Red Sox not winning a World Series since 1918 was as long as a CVS receipt, but fans kept showing up season after disappointing season. ... and because Boston has won ...